After four days of deliberation, Gary Bettman found "that the decision suspending Mr. Thornton for 15 games was supported by clear and convincing evidence."

If you'd like to read the full 12 page decision, it can be found here. The most surprising part of this decision for me was Bettman admitting they have no strictly outlined disciplinary policy for this type of thing, implying punishments are all arbitrarily assigned. This also makes me call into question what other policies aren't "strictly outlined."

My opinion on this decision is the same as my opinion on the original decision to suspend him for 15 games. It's a bunch of bullshit considering Thornton's history. But with their arbitrary punishment assigning apparently that doesn't really matter now does it?

But in any case, it looks like we won't be seeing Thorty until midway through January which is both ridiculous and upsetting.